In this issue: tips to prepare for fall term and a call for the experiential learning mini grants.
DCAL is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. This year's award goes to Timothy Baker, Paul Carranza, Michelle Clarke, Carolyn Dever, Antonio Gomez, Klaus Mladek, Kristin O'Rourke, Julia Rabig, and Andrea Tarnowski for their work on the Humanities sequence (HUM 1 and HUM 2).
The Dartmouth News recently profiled the Learning Fellows programs work in remote classes.
Over the past few months, many members of the Dartmouth community have had their life and professional plans upended. For some, this might mean using this time to learn something new and DartmouthX's membership in an online learning program is a great opportunity to do so.
Theresa Ong, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, came up with creative solutions to the remote learning term including harnessing technologies and a partnership with the Dartmouth Organic Farm.
At the end of April, DCAL hosted two events for faculty teaching remotely this spring, one for large classes and another for small seminars. Faculty broke out into discussion groups to share their successes and their questions for each other. These are their tips and reflections.
Professors Cecilia Gaposhkin, Petra Bonfert-Taylor and John Lynch join Provost Joe Helble to talk about their remote classrooms.
Jenny Lynn, Language Program Director, Classics Department reflects on having Learning Fellows in her in-person and remote classrooms.
Associate Director of Faculty Programs & Services Elli Goudzwaard outlines how DCAL is adapting New Faculty Orientation for Teaching for a remote term.
In this issue, read about the various assessment tools that are available for online instruction.
